Buckle and strap fastener



(No Model.)

.L U-DSON. BUGKLE AND STRAP EASTENBR. No. 247,195. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HUDSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BUCKLE AND STRAP *FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 247,195, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed May 31, 1881. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HUDSON, of Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckleand Strap Fasteners; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in the combination of parts, as hereinafter specified, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents one of my buckle and strap fasteners adapted for employment with a hame-strap or upon aholdback strap. Fig. 2 represents the fastener with the strap attached as in use. Fig. 3 is a variation, in which the hook is dispensed with and the device adapted for use simply as a buckle and strap fastener. Fig. 4 represents the latter device as applied to a thill-tu g. Fig. 5 represents the device as applied at the end of a strap. Fig. 6 represents another variation, in which the bar that passes beneath the strap is dispensed with.

Heretofore it has been customary in fastening a buckle to a strap to pass the tongue of the buckle through a slit in the strap, then bend the end of the strap upon itself and sew or rivet the two plies together. This has necessitated considerable labor, and when completed the strain of the bin ge-bar of the buckle is thrown directly upon the strap which embraces it. So, also, it has been customary to sew or otherwise fasten a leather loop back of the buckle, through which the end of the strap that is inserted through the buckle maybe passed, and in the case of hame-straps, holdback-straps, and the like it has been customary either to bring the strain directly upon the strap or else upon a metallic hook or slideloop independent of the buckle and its fastener.

It is the object of my invention to combine into a single piece a device which shall operate at once as a buckle and strap fastener, and which may or may not be provided also with a hook to receive the wear usually thrown upon a strap.

To this end A represents the side bars of my device.

B is a lip, provided with a slot, B, and a rivet-hole, B the lip being adapted to receive and embrace the hinge-bar of the buckle O and permit its tongue to pass through the slot B.

D isan upper cross-bar, which constitutes, when in use, a loop for the end of the strap E.

F is a lower cross-bar, which, with the upper cross-bar, may serve to hold the plies of the strap together at this point.

G is a hook, which may or may not be employed; but when the device is used upon a heme-strap or holdback-strap it is useful for the purpose of receiving and sustaining the wear of the ring at H.

The operation of this device is apparent from the drawings. The buckle is inserted within the lip B, with its tongue passing through the slot B. The end of the strap is fastened by a rivet at B while the buckle is in reality not attached to the strap at all. The strap I is then passed back, as shown, and made to embrace the ring H and the hook G. Passing thence beneath the lower bar, which serves as a loop, the free end of the strap is then buckled into the buckle and its end passed beneath the top bar, which serves as a loop.

Thus it is apparent that without any sewing, and with the use of but a single rivet, 1 have produced a metallic wearing attachment for the buckle and strap, a wearing-hook for the ring, together with the usual lower and upper loops for retaining the strap.

It is, of course, apparent that in many locations the wearing-hook is not required. Therefore I do not limitmyself to a structure which has the hook as an element, but it may be omitted in locations where it is not required, such as is shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6. So, also, where the wearing-hook is not employed it is usually not necessary to employ the lower bar, though I deem it preferable in all cases; but the device may be constructed as shown in Fig. 6, in which the lower bar is dispensed with and the upper bar serves the purpose of aloop.

When the device is employed, as shown in Fig. 4, in connection with a thill-tug bearer, the lower bar may be embraced between two of the plies of leather, as shown.

It will be seen that the buckle is prevented from slipping back out of the embrace of the lip by the end of the strap, which also enters the bend of the lip and abuts against the buckle, holding it in place.

What I claim is 1. A buckle and strap fastener consisting of the side bars, A, having the lip 13, provided with an inclined slot, B, to receive and embrace the hinged bar of the buckle, substantially as described.

2. A buckle and strap fastener consisting of the side bars, A, having a slotted lip, B, as described, to receive the hinged bar 0 of the buckle, an upper cross-bar, D, forming a loop for the strap, a lower cross-bar, F, and a friction-hook, Gr, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a buckle and strap fastener, the combination, with the side bars, A, having a lip, B, provided with an inclined slot, an upper and lower cross-bar, and a friction-hook, G, of 25 

